First IMBAX-2017 Military Exercise Begins in Meghalaya

The India-Myanmar Bilateral Military Exercise 2017 (IMBAX-2017) has commenced at Joint Training Node of the Indian Army at Umroi, 30km away from Meghalaya capital’s Shillong.

It is a sex-day exercise which will conclude on November 25.

It is the first ever joint training of the militaries from the two neighbouring countries.

The aims of the exercise is to train officers of Myanmar Army in various United Nations peacekeeping roles and tasks

16 officers of Indian delegation will train their Myanmarese counterparts with the requisite knowledge and skills to perform peacekeeping operations with principles, policies and guidelines of the UN.

The annual exercise of the two countries, called Sampriti, aimed to strengthen and broaden interoperability and cooperation between the two armies in counter insurgency and counterterrorism operations.

First IMBAX-2017 Military Exercise Begins in Meghalaya
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November 21, 2017
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